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Yeah - no problem with that section, nor with the rest of the video. As to Trainspotting, I found the subtitles a daft idea. Totally unnecessary, but then I'm

Yeah - no problem with that section, nor with the rest of the video. As to Trainspotting, I found the subtitles a daft idea. Totally unnecessary, but then I'm from NE England. Added: Apparently some folks had difficulty comprehending "Derry Girls".

alistairSH 2y ago
Oh, college roommate (while I'm Scottish, I've been stateside since I was 5) went to Scotland with me once. He missed about 1/4 of anything my uncle said. My uncle has a pretty typical working class highland accent (a bit more brogue than a professional from Edinburgh might have, but a far cry from Glaswegian - my family is from Perthshire).
- rayiner 2y ago
  My wife (from Oregon but went to high school in Iowa) stayed in a hostel while living in Germany, and her roommates were British, Irish, and Scottish. They were initially relieved that they all spoke English, but soon realized they could barely understand what the Scottish guy was saying.
  - withinboredom 2y ago
    One of my coworkers is Greek and learned English in Scotland. Nobody can understand him for the first six months they are working with him. He’s a cool dude though, once you get past the Greek-Scottish accent.
InitialLastName 2y ago
For Brits, I hear that The Wire is comparably difficult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBGzUhT-TM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBGzUhT-TM
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iJ487vFzgBI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iJ487vFzgBI "Aaron earned an iron urn"
- alabastervlog 2y ago
  Lots of The Wire is a little tricky for Americans.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  Especially ironic since both Dominic West (McNulty) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) are English. Sheffield and Hackney, respectively. Dominic West, Wire on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANAtaQsBL4&t=43s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANAtaQsBL4&t=43s Wire off: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo&t=3s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo&t=3s
  - cookie_monsta 2y ago
    Yeah, but those are probably two of the easiest to understand characters in that show
  - ch4s3 2y ago
    Based on my 7 years in Baltimore I have to say West was pretty spot on. An old 70s vice cop I knew sounded just like that.
  - n4r9 2y ago
    Here's a good one from a more recent role West has in a northern-england-based sitcom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdQ7TbXtuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdQ7TbXtuE
- n4r9 2y ago
  That scene wasn't too bad as a Brit. I find that I struggle with Boomhauer from King of the Hill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_PG-rYyHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_PG-rYyHk) although that's partly because of how much slur there is.
cookie_monsta 2y ago
> As to Trainspotting, I found the subtitles a daft idea. Totally unnecessary, but then I'm from NE England. Coming from Australia I would say that the subtitles were mostly useful and only sometimes unnecessary. I'm ok with accents, but there's a lot of nuance that you miss when you're mostly infering from context. That said, when we heard that the original Mad Max got dubbed for the US release we all fell around laughing
- AStonesThrow 2y ago
  I was raised in the #1 most Anglophile home in the American Southwest, [and baptised on St George's Day], and so PBS was not optional, etc. I can follow a wide variety of accents in this regard, slang, jargon and localized vocabulary, but subtitles still help a lot. Of course in foreign languages/dialects, our written proficiency/vocabulary may have a certain Venn overlap with the verbal skills. When the dialogue is thick and lip-reading may fail, seeing the words is great. Often there may be unfamiliar words dropped in, or a sentence we couldn't decipher aurally, and there's the subtitle to spell it out for us. I often subtitle American English shows as well. I suppose I'm simply addicted to reading words.
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alistairSH 2y ago

Oh, college roommate (while I'm Scottish, I've been stateside since I was 5) went to Scotland with me once. He missed about 1/4 of anything my uncle said. My uncle has a pretty typical working class highland accent (a bit more brogue than a professional from Edinburgh might have, but a far cry from Glaswegian - my family is from Perthshire).

rayiner 2y ago
My wife (from Oregon but went to high school in Iowa) stayed in a hostel while living in Germany, and her roommates were British, Irish, and Scottish. They were initially relieved that they all spoke English, but soon realized they could barely understand what the Scottish guy was saying.
- withinboredom 2y ago
  One of my coworkers is Greek and learned English in Scotland. Nobody can understand him for the first six months they are working with him. He’s a cool dude though, once you get past the Greek-Scottish accent.

InitialLastName 2y ago

For Brits, I hear that The Wire is comparably difficult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBGzUhT-TM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBGzUhT-TM

PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iJ487vFzgBI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iJ487vFzgBI "Aaron earned an iron urn"
alabastervlog 2y ago
Lots of The Wire is a little tricky for Americans.
ethbr1 2y ago
Especially ironic since both Dominic West (McNulty) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) are English. Sheffield and Hackney, respectively. Dominic West, Wire on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANAtaQsBL4&t=43s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANAtaQsBL4&t=43s Wire off: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo&t=3s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo&t=3s
- cookie_monsta 2y ago
  Yeah, but those are probably two of the easiest to understand characters in that show
- ch4s3 2y ago
  Based on my 7 years in Baltimore I have to say West was pretty spot on. An old 70s vice cop I knew sounded just like that.
- n4r9 2y ago
  Here's a good one from a more recent role West has in a northern-england-based sitcom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdQ7TbXtuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdQ7TbXtuE
n4r9 2y ago
That scene wasn't too bad as a Brit. I find that I struggle with Boomhauer from King of the Hill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_PG-rYyHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_PG-rYyHk) although that's partly because of how much slur there is.

cookie_monsta 2y ago

> As to Trainspotting, I found the subtitles a daft idea. Totally unnecessary, but then I'm from NE England. Coming from Australia I would say that the subtitles were mostly useful and only sometimes unnecessary. I'm ok with accents, but there's a lot of nuance that you miss when you're mostly infering from context. That said, when we heard that the original Mad Max got dubbed for the US release we all fell around laughing

AStonesThrow 2y ago
I was raised in the #1 most Anglophile home in the American Southwest, [and baptised on St George's Day], and so PBS was not optional, etc. I can follow a wide variety of accents in this regard, slang, jargon and localized vocabulary, but subtitles still help a lot. Of course in foreign languages/dialects, our written proficiency/vocabulary may have a certain Venn overlap with the verbal skills. When the dialogue is thick and lip-reading may fail, seeing the words is great. Often there may be unfamiliar words dropped in, or a sentence we couldn't decipher aurally, and there's the subtitle to spell it out for us. I often subtitle American English shows as well. I suppose I'm simply addicted to reading words.

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